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Author Notes: Low sugar ice cream with an intriguing flavor.
A simple but intriguing variation of this same principle is just four ingredients: strawberries, buttermilk, heavy cream and miracle berries —SuAh

Makes 3 pints

10pieces Miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum)

2cups Buttermilk

1cup Heavy cream

1teaspoon Vanilla extract (or seeds extracted from half vanilla bean)

1/2teaspoon Ground cardamom OR cinnamon (optional)

4pieces Birds Eye Chilis (or other fresh chilis) (optional)

Purée miracle berries and chilis in a few tablespoons of buttermilk.

Add heavy cream and remainder of buttermilk and blend to make the base.

Miracle berries are a small, fairly tasteless fruit that have a chemical in them that makes everything sour taste sweet (for about an hour, depending on how much you've had). During the 70's it was going to be the next great diet fad, since that means you could sweeten foods and drinks with lemon or lime, rather than with sugar. But "big sugar" got it labeled an untested food additive by the FDA, so there went that. They're not actually that practical, as the berry's properties are destroyed by cooking (but I guess not freezing?), but it's fun for the novelty effect. I actually have a tree that looks to be producing a lot this year...maybe this is something I can do with them. Otherwise, a taste-tripping party is always fun too: http://www.nytimes.com...

Intriguing. If my harvest comes out as well as it's looking, I might have to try this.

This is intriguing, what are miracle berrries? I know you gave a very long name besides miracle berries, They must be very sweet since it looks like they are used in place of sugar. I always love to find sugarless recipes.